Mirza itibaren Vattakarikkakam, Kerala, Hindistan
This book is everything the title claims to be.
It's no secret I'm a fan of fantasy literature, I was raised on Lord of the Rings, but when I came across Michael Moorecock's Elric saga sometime in high school, the rules shifted dramatically. Dark fantasy, following a doomed man wielding an incredibly powerful evil weapon, and his companions as they travel the multiverse. Moorcock's antihero changed the way I viewed the classic fantasy structure and characterization.
Couldn't put it down.
Thick book. An essential volume in the collected works (just look at what is included in these two volumes).